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Kara said: “We use it in our home movie theater style popcorn maker. It burns cleaner than other oils and the popcorn tastes awesome.”
Megan said: “I love it on toast! I use it instead of butter!”
Tara said: “I melt it with some chocolate to make homemade Magic Shell topping for my ice cream. I also use it to make deodorant! So versatile!”
Marty said: “I make homemade Magic Shell; 1 1/4 cup chocolate chips + 1/2 cup coconut oil. Melt together carefully, and stir til smooth. Wayyyy better that the commercial stuff!”
Amy said: “My fav coconut oil recipe is; 1TBSP of cocoa powder; 1TBSP of raw honey; and 1TBSP of Coconut oil. Mix together, put in fridge, when hard slice! It’s the best home made dark chocolate I’ve ever had and if you don’t cool it, it’s more like a mousse. Also, if you want it to taste darker add less honey. I love that I can adjust this recipe to be anything I want it to taste like!”
Tina said: “Chocolate Fudge – 1 cup Coconut Oil; 1/2 – 1 cup 100% cocoa; 1/3 – 2/3 cup honey; 1 tsp vanilla. Options include: 1/2 cup peanut butter, 1/2 cup nuts, coconut flakes, 1/2 -1 cup oatmeal or 7 grain flakes.
You can adjust the recipe to your liking! Melt half the coconut oil on low, then put all the ingredients in the blender, before storing the contents in a container in the fridge. WONDERFUL healthy snack that satisfies the chocolate cravings!”
Josie said: “I use it to make our coconut waffles. 
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Genia said: “I love cooking popcorn in it! Mmmm. It’s great for making anything that calls for shortening, or as a good replacement for vegetable oil when you melt it. Brownies or chocolate no-bake cookies are super yummy.”
Cindee said: “I use it in chocolate chip oatmeal cookies. I love the coconut flavor in it!”
Tracy said: “I just started making my own granola… and I used coconut oil. It was so yummy!”
Lori said: “Love it in my homemade vanilla almond granola and in waffles.”
Mary said: “I use coconut oil in my bread recipes instead of butter or oil. Makes my bread even yummier!”
Peggy said: “Just yesterday I got brave and substituted coconut oil for the butter in my banana bread recipe. It might possibly be the best tasting banana bread I’ve ever made! Looking for ways to incorporate coconut oil into our lives… so many good health benefits!!”
Tanya said: “I grease my bread pan and coat the top of the bread dough with it. Seriously delicious! My girls thought it tasted like sweet Hawaiian bread ”
Meg said: “Love using this when I make stir fry! It makes the veggies taste oh so gooooood!!”
Elissa said: “I fry foods with it…. french fries, chicken, wings, chips, etc.”
Rebecca said: “I put coconut oil in my son’s cereal when he was a baby to add calories and fat! He has CF and needs his food packed with calories and fat! Using coconut oil can also help with losing weight and it is great for you! You can even put it in smoothies!”
Jessie said: “Use coconut oil as an overnight facial moisturizer.”
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Sew It Girl said: “I use coconut oil as my facial moisturizer every morning and night! I used to use a bunch of “anti-aging” products and ditched them all this past summer and only use straight coconut oil. I also LOVE to use the coconut oil on my popcorn… YUM… To clarify… I keep one container in the bathroom and one in the kitchen.. LOL 
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Julie said: “I use it as a moisturizer on my face, chapstick, lotion and my newest find is during a cold, when your nose is raw from tissues, it soothes the raw painful “cold” nose.”
Alyssa said: “Moisturizer! I pretty much slather myself in this stuff!”
Shelly said: “Chapstick, lotion, cradle cap, conditioner and cooking too!”
Michelle said: “I use it as hair conditioner!”
Andrea said: “I use it every night on my hair as a leave-in conditioner. Nice and shiny and it smells good!”
Safiya said: “As a hair moisturizer and deep conditioner — it is the bomb!!!”
Leslie said: “Coconut oil is really good as a deep conditioning treatment for people with dry hair. You can put it on your hair dry, then sit under the dryer, or put a hot towel on your head before you shampoo it out.”
Chimey said: “Warm it up and use it on your hair and scalp. Then massage thoroughly before wrapping a warm soaked towel (water squeezed out) around your whole head till it cools down… Repeat a few more times and then shampoo and rinse like you normally do. You will be amazed how beautiful, shiny and healthy your hair will look. )”
Peg said: “My daughter uses it to make lotion bars, using a few additional ingredients. This works as lotion in a bar, and is so healthy for your skin.”
Belinda said: “Remove eye makeup.”
Heather said: “You can use it to make homemade deodorant.”
Missy said: “I use this for my eczema and within a few days the rash is almost gone. Immediately, though, the itch stops! After daily use, the rash is completely gone within a week or two… like you never had a rash!! I was to the doctor several times for this and finally went to our local herbal shop. They recommended coconut oil because it’s an antibacterial, antifungal, antimicrobial and antiviral!!! This is truly God’s miracle to many ailments. It also helps with metabolism and is much better for you than other oils.
This stuff is amazing on toast We do cook with it as well. The flavor is so light that it gives your food a creamy flavor and takes on the flavor of whatever you’re cooking… not overpowering at all.”
Sharon said: “Healing acne! I have painful cystic adult onset acne and have tried everything for the past several years… natural, chemical… none of it worked as well as coconut oil.”
Patti said: “Put coconut oil on a cold sore (canker sore) and it will quickly heal!”
Danielle said: “I melt it down in the microwave, then add sugar and let it set. Now you have yourself and amazing coconut sugar scrub!”
Staci said: “I use it for smoothing rough feet.”
Shanon said: “I use it for treating diaper rash.”
Sophie said: “I put a tbsp in with my homemade diaper wipes. It has made a huge difference with diaper rash.”
Krissy said: “I use it to treat diaper rash on my girl, who used to get yeast infections frequently. Since the switch to using coconut oil, not even one infection. I have a separate container in kitchen, too. We use it all the time.”
Alicia said: “I used it to soothe my baby’s cradle cap. Let it soak in for 5 minutes then shampoo out. Dry scaly skin is gone!”
Emily said: “It is a LIFE SAVER for breastfeeding moms. Put on nipples before and after every feeding to avoid thrush and cracked nipples. Such amazing stuff— and naturally antifungal. Brilliant.”
Summer said: “As gross as this might be to say, we have had serious issues with head lice in our school district. My kids got lice, and I FREAKED! A friend told me to get shampoo with coconut oil in it and this would prevent the kids from getting lice. I… didn’t think it would work, but after treating the kids and house twice and spending $150, I was willing to try anything! I had a hard time finding a shampoo with real coconut oil in it, so I got some coconut oil and put it in their shampoo. Not only have the kids not gotten head lice again, but their hair is soft and shiny. I put it my shampoo now as well! It sure beats treating my kids with chemicals repeatedly to get rid of those gross “critters” (that’s what my son calls them).”
Karen said: “I use coconut oil on my horse’s tail. It makes it silky, shiny, and smooth. Tangle free is the way I like him to be.”
Robin said: “It’s even sold in pet boutiques to help dogs feet, especially in winter with all the salt.”
Melissa said: “Use it as spider repellent.”
Lindsey said: “Love coconut oil! I use it for my face moisturizer, lip balm, on sunburns, hot oil hair treatment, on my cuticles, feet, and I cook with it! Oh ya, and for my daughter’s diaper rash.”
Mikie said: “I put it in my coffee, bake with it, fry with it, rub it in my skin… the uses are endless.”
Amy said: “It’s probably the best oil for you to consume. Consider it a yummy supplement and eat as much as possible. Fry only with coconut oil. Bake with it instead of butter for almost identical effects, but better nutrition. Do a treatment on your hair with it (then wash out), put it on your skin, remove makeup… just about anything you can think of. ”
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I use it for a moisturiser! I put it all over my whole body. My skin feels amazing after using it. My husband also uses it for a massage oil.
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I use coconut oil in my daily meal for better health, it digest very easily, feels more energetic than other oil & more importantly helps in loosing weight.
I use it as a cloth diaper-safe rash cream.
Thanks so much for this post! I have some coconut oil, but didn’t really know what to do with it, especially since it is solid. I am so excited to have all these ideas, but am quite afraid of the consequences of the recipes involving cocoa powder and honey! I am not sure something so delicious sounding should be so easy to make! Thanks again!
I just made the dark chocolate with honey and cocoa powder and it is so good.
I whip mine & store in a container feels like a creamy lotion ( =
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I was wondering why there were always posts for good coconut oil prices. I knew it was supposed to be good for AA hair, but I never realized all the other uses or ways to cook with it. Also, I was under the impression it wasn’t healthy. Or was that palm kernel oil that was so controversial when it came out it was used in movie theater popcorn?
Coconut oil is now a staple in my kitchen and bath(seperate container!)
For skin, cooking, a spoonful will do, my dog, furniture polish.
Love coconut oil. Hey, with a look on the shell, 2 eyes and nose or mouth?. It has to be good.
My husband and I keep it next to our bed. Enough said.
I was wondering when someone else would post that.
Great place for it – the best!
I use it in baking pretty much anywhere where I’d otherwise use shortening or butter, as well as the occasional a batch of “magic shell”. It’s also great on bouts of psoriasis.
Several comments that coconut oil is healthy. I DO like it as a moisturizer, but would NOT cook with it. Read the label; almost totally saturated fat. This is a “bad” fat that raises your cholesterol and clogs the arteries. As for calories, all fats are the same.
Actually, they found that the saturated fat in coconut oil is different and good for you, check out some of the videos on youtube.
The structure of saturated fat in coconut and coconut oil is completely different from saturated fats from animals. It is actually known to improve cardiovascular health as well and aid in weight loss. It’s old school knowledge that coconut oil is bad for you, study after study has shown it has many health benefits. Also saturated fats can be healthful, it depends on the where they come from. For example healthy, none caged, grass fed animals (organic). Fats help with assimilation of nutrients and hormone production. We should be worried about the amount of sugar and types of grains we eat.
Dr. Oz recommends it. You could look it up on his website. Also, it is really good to cook with at high temps, unlike other oils, including olive oil.
What do I do with it once it liquifies? .. {The temperatures recently rose here in San Diego and I noticed my nice thick coconut oil was a liquid!}
Becky, Coconut oil has a low melting point, I think its 76 degrees, If you want it to be a solid just put in the fridge.
My Dr. Said coconut oil was better for you because it metabolizes better, but to use it to replace other fat sources, not just add to your diet.
I am reading Mary Newport’s book, “Alzheimer’s Disease, What if there was a cure?” Read this to find out the brain benefits of coconut oil. If you have a loved one with this or another brain based disease, you must read this.
I can’t believe I recently just found out about it. I’ve been using it on my stretch marks for a week and I’m already seeing small results. I didn’t know it had So many uses. I didn’t want to cook with it because if the saturated fat but I have been reading is good saturated fat. I am definitely going to add it to my diet…
I keep a jar in the bathroom as well as the kitchen. You can use it for anything- hair conditioner, makeup remover, lip gloss, suntan lotion, cuticle cream, lubricant (don’t use with a latex condom), eyelash serum, etc.
As a massage therapist, I use it as a massage oil.
I use coconut oil to clean my belly button.